United Nations Security Council resolution 1153, adopted unanimously on 20 February 1998, after recalling all previous
resolutions on
Iraq, including resolutions
986 (1995),
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(1997) concerning the
Oil-for-Food Programme, the council, acting under
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter sets out the UN Security Council's powers to maintain peace. It allows the Council to "determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression" and to take military an ...
, extended provisions relating to Iraqi oil sales for a further 180 days to meet the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people and decided to permit the import of up to 5.256 billion United States dollars in Iraqi oil and oil products, up from the previous 2 billion.
The security council was convinced of the need of a temporary measure to provide
humanitarian assistance
Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance to people who need help. It is usually short-term help until the long-term help by the government and other institutions replaces it. Among the people in need are the homeless, refugees, and ...
to the Iraqi people until the fulfillment of Security Council resolutions by the
Iraqi government, notably
Resolution 661 (1991) and
Resolution 687 (1991). It was convinced of the need for the equitable distribution of humanitarian supplies throughout the country, and was determined to avoid the further deterioration of the humanitarian situation, particularly as Iraq had not co-operated with the
secretary-general.
Acting under Chapter VII, the council decided that the mechanism whereby Iraqi oil exports would finance humanitarian aid would continue for a further 180 days. It then increased the amount of oil that Iraq could export from 2 billion to 5.256 billion United States dollars in order to provide humanitarian aid.
It also decided to conduct a thorough review of all aspects of the implementation of the present resolution after 90 days and before the end of the 180-day period, expressing its intention to consider a further extension based on the reports of the Secretary-General
Kofi Annan and of the sanctions Committee. The reports would determine whether there were sufficient resources to meet humanitarian needs, possible improvements to Iraq's infrastructure and whether Iraq was producing enough oil to the sum of 5.256 billion United States dollars.
See also
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Foreign relations of Iraq
Since 1980, the foreign relations of Iraq have been influenced by a number of controversial decisions by the Saddam Hussein administration. Hussein had good relations with the Soviet Union and a number of western countries such as France and G ...
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Iraq sanctions
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List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1101 to 1200 (1997–1998)
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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